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Ronnie Minder

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Ronnie Minder is an award-winning international film composer from Melbourne, Australia, whose credits include the Netflix thriller 'The Cost', the multi-award-winning Australian Western 'The Legend of Ben Hall', the Sea Shepherd documentary 'Defend, Conserve, Protect' (narrated by Dan Aykroyd), and the Saban Films thrillers 'Badland Rising' and 'Kane'. His score for 'The Legend of Ben Hall' was considered alongside works by Hans Zimmer, Alexandre Desplat, Nick Cave, and Max Richter during the Academy Awards race. His work also attracted the attention of Ridley Scott's production team in Los Angeles, which selected him to score the Swiss feature 'Life in a Day'. One of Australia's busiest screen composers, Ronnie continues to score multiple feature films and documentaries each year.
- IMDb mini biography by: Dingo Pictures

Was one of only four Australian contenders alongside Jed Kurzel, David Hirschfelder & Nick Cave, in the running to be nominated for a Best Score Oscar at the 89th Academy Awards.
Had feature roles in TV commercials for Qantas, King Gee, Bunnings, Energizer, Latrobe Health and also TV show Winners & Losers.
Is a dual citizen of Switzerland and Australia.
Was first choice and contracted to score Ridley Scott's 'Life in a Day in Switzerland'. A sudden change of director shortly before the start of production saw Minder replaced with the new director's regular composer.
Released his directorial debut Attic (2020) in 2020 with VicScreen calling the short a highlight at the 2020 St Kilda Film Festival. His feature debut Gothic is in development, produced by Minder's own production company Dingo Pictures and RLC Motion Pictures (The Legend of Ben Hall).

[on Ennio Morricone] Thinking back, Ennio's music was always present during my childhood and it took a long time for me to realize what a major influence he actually was.
Composing is not just something I do, for me it's an addiction.
[on Vangelis] I remember finding a VHS of a film called Antarctica. It was the saddest movie I have ever seen, still haunting me today and Vangelis' score broke my heart. And then of course, his Blade Runner score, my all time favourite. I often have 'Blade Runner Blues' on replay for hours and what I love about Ennio and Vangelis is that you don't need to see the movie to know their themes. I aspire for my music to achieve the same.
I often think it would have been great to have a mentor in film scoring, but it wasn't meant to be. In hindsight I think my electronic past and approach to scoring has helped shape my own sound, which is what I've always wanted.

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